When winter storms caused the Washington-Arizona State game to be called off, Arizona coach Adia Barnes was worried about the Arizona-Washington State game suffering the same fate. She told the Arizona Daily Star, “We need this game not to be cancelled.”
It was an important game for the Wildcats’ postseason hopes. Like the game against the Huskies, Washington State was an opportunity for the Wildcats to add a win against a team in the bottom third of the Pac-12. It was so important that they spent hours in the Seattle-Tacoma airport and got into Pullman late Friday night.